16.2737, Books: Applied Ling: McCarty (Ed)/McKeough et al (Eds)

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Subject: 16.2737, Books: Applied Ling: McCarty (Ed)/McKeough et al (Eds)

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1)
Date: 20-Sep-2005
From: Elizabeth Gangeri < Elizabeth.Gangeri at erlbaum.com >
Subject: Language, Literacy, and Power in Schooling: McCarty (Ed) 

2)
Date: 20-Sep-2005
From: Elizabeth Gangeri < Elizabeth.Gangeri at erlbaum.com >
Subject: Understanding Literacy Development: McKeough et al (Eds) 

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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:39:31
From: Elizabeth Gangeri < Elizabeth.Gangeri at erlbaum.com >
Subject: Language, Literacy, and Power in Schooling: McCarty (Ed) 

Title: Language, Literacy, and Power in Schooling 
Publication Year: 2005 
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
	   http://www.erlbaum.com/

Editor: Teresa L. McCarty, Arizona State University

Hardback: ISBN: 0805846468 Pages: 344 Price: U.S. $ 89.95
Paperback: ISBN: 0805846476 Pages: 344 Price: U.S. $ 34.50

Abstract:

"Language, Literacy, and Power in Schooling" brings critical ethnographic
perspectives to bear on language, literacy, and power in culturally and
linguistically diverse contexts, showing how literacy and schooling are
negotiated by children and adults and how schooling becomes a key site of
struggle over whose knowledge, discourses, and literacy practices "count." 

Above all, this is a book oriented toward social action. Unpacking the
complexity of literacy practices and experiences in diverse settings, the
authors seek not only to build new knowledge, but to inform and transform
the pedagogies and policies that limit human potentials. The chapters in
this volume have much to teach us about the roots of inequality and the
possibilities for positive change. Together, they highlight the urgent need
for critical literacy researchers to engage politically, confronting
education policies that deny the rich multiplicity of human literacies,
thereby carving ever-deeper cleavages between those with and without access
to literacies of power.

The dual focus on language and literacy with critical-ethnographic accounts
of identity and schooling speaks to a growing constituency of scholars and
practitioners concerned with the role of literacy and discourse in
alternatively affirming or negating knowledge, power, and identity, both
within and outside of schools. 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Discourse Analysis
                     Sociolinguistics

Written In: English  (eng)

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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:39:36
From: Elizabeth Gangeri < Elizabeth.Gangeri at erlbaum.com >
Subject: Understanding Literacy Development: McKeough et al (Eds) 

Title: Understanding Literacy Development 
Subtitle: A Global View 
Publication Year: 2006 
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
	   http://www.erlbaum.com/

Editor: Anne McKeough, University of Calgary, Canada
Editor: Linda M. Phillips, University of Alberta
Editor: Vianne Timmons, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
Editor: Judy Lee Lupart, University of Alberta

Hardback: ISBN: 0805851151 Pages: 248 Price: U.S. $ 79.95
Paperback: ISBN: 080585116X Pages: 248 Price: U.S. $ 27.50

Abstract:

"Understanding Literacy Development: A Global View" brings together leading
experts from around the world to explore ways to best provide teaching and
learning opportunities, tailored to specific educational needs, to help all
children become better readers.

The premise is that current generic "one-size-fits-all" approaches are
inappropriate for many children and can lead to underachievement and
failure. The contributors write from a stance that reflects not only their
own particular expertise and experience, but also sheds light on literacy
development across cultures, countries, and circumstances. Taken together,
the chapters target a wide and comprehensive set of literacy issues, and
offer an extensive exploration of the complexities of literacy development,
including issues related to early literacy, school instruction, family
literacy, adolescent and adult literacy, and teacher development.

This volume is an invaluable tool for scholars, teacher educators,
professionals and graduate students in the fields of literacy education,
early childhood education, educational psychology, educational policy, and
related areas. 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics

Written In: English  (eng)

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